Endocrine Abstracts

Statins are drugs used for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Statins have two chiral centers in their molecules, thus they form four enantiomers (3R5R-, 3R5S-, 3S5R- and 3S5S-). Regarding the most frequently prescribed statins, following enantiopure formulations are used in the clinics: 3R5R-atorvastatin, 3R5S-rosuvastatin and 3R5S-fluvastatin. Individual enantiomers of one drug can qualitatively and quantitatively differ in their biological activities. In some cases, onl...